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A shoe with a brain

By Jeff Merron
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Monday, June 20, 2005

"Your adidas_1 shoes are sensing." "Your adidas_1 shoes are understanding." "Your adidas_1 shoes are adapting to your environment." So goes the ultra-sleek and kind of creepy flash intro to the adidas_1's at the company's Web site. My adidas_1's did not sense, though. And they did not understand. Good thing I was wearing a hard-to-score review pair, and didn't plunk down $250 at Foot Locker. I was mighty tempted to when the high-tech shoes came out a few months ago, because I'm a runner ...

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